patent

aa government grant to an inventor assuring him the sole right to make, use, and sell his invention for a limited period

ba document conveying such a grant

2an invention, privilege, etc., protected by a patent

3

aan official document granting a right

bany right granted by such a document

4(in the U.S.)

aa grant by the government of title to public lands

bthe instrument by which such title is granted

cthe land so granted

5a sign that one possesses a certain qualityadj

6open or available for inspection (esp. in the phrases letters patent, patent writ)

7obvioustheir scorn was patent to everyone

8concerning protection, appointment, etc., of or by a patent or patents

9proprietary

10(esp. of a bodily passage or duct) being open or unobstructed

11(Biology)spreading out widelypatent branches

12(of plate glass) ground and polished on both sidesvbtr

13to obtain a patent for

14(in the U.S.) to grant (public land or mineral rights) by a patent

15(Metallurgy)to heat (a metal) above a transformation temperature and cool it at a rate that allows cold working(C14: via Old French from Latin patere to lie open; n use, short for letters patent, from Medieval Latin litterae patentes letters lying open (to public inspection))♦
patentableadj♦
patentabilitynThe pronunciation ``<PH:'><PH:p><PH:G><PH:t><PH:&><PH:n><PH:t>'' is heard in letters patent and Patent Office and is the usual U.S. pronunciation for all senses. In Britain ``<PH:'><PH:p><PH:G><PH:t><PH:&><PH:n><PH:t>'' is sometimes heard for senses 1, 2 and 3, but ``<PH:'><PH:p><PH:e><PH:I><PH:t><PH:&><PH:n><PH:t>'' is commoner and is regularly used in collocations like patent leather

patent logn(Nautical)any of several mechanical devices for measuring the speed of a vessel and the distance travelled, consisting typically of a trailing rotor that registers its rotations on a meterCompare→
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patent medicinena medicine, usually of low potency, protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription

Patent Officena government department that issues patents,(Abbrev.)
Pat. Off

patent rightnthe exclusive right granted by a patent

Patent Rollspl n(in Britain) the register of patents issued

patent stillna type of still in which the distillation is continuous(so called because a still of this type was patented in 1830)

(in neomarxist thought) the third main exploitive social class: The bourgeoisie of innovation. The members of the innovoisie have usually human innovating capital. They receive (as individuals) copyrights or patent rights and consume more than the world GDP. (neologism 1996 Yanick Toutain)

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